OLYMPIA -- Washington should junk plans to require tests in social studies, art, health and listening for high school graduation, Gov. Gary Locke said Monday.… Continue reading
Sides in the controversy to fluoridate the Port Angeles municipal water system will face off at a public hearing before the City Council tonight. The… Continue reading
BLYN -- One person was killed and four others seriously injured in a two-car, head-on crash at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 101… Continue reading
FORKS -- In 1956, the City Council researched the pros and cons of adding fluoride to the town's drinking water, then decided to put the… Continue reading
EDITOR's NOTE: - Second of a two-part series on fluoridation in Jefferson and Clallam counties. PORT TOWNSEND -- A motivated individual or group of persons… Continue reading
Gas prices across the North Olympic Peninsula are running above the national average of $1.633 a gallon -- the highest prices since June 2001. Like… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- More than 200 supporters rolled around Jalis' Skate Station on Sunday during a fund-raiser for 8-year-old Forks twins Jill and Jessica Henry.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- A fire late Saturday night caused extensive damage to an Uptown residence. The house's elderly occupant and her cat were unharmed, however.… Continue reading
Janet Lynn Rowland was 30 years old when she was killed by a gunshot inside her home west of Port Angeles. A friend found her… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- Roosevelt Middle School Principal Brad Boudreau will be honored during a one-hour telecast on KCTS Television on Feb. 27 for his contributions… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- A local poet says he'll appear on a Cable News Network broadcast from New York City early Monday morning discussing his and… Continue reading
Should Port Angeles fluoridate its water? That's the question that will be debated before the City Council in a public hearing Tuesday. The hearing could… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- The man who bought the Western Wind at an auction says he's not a fisherman and wouldn't know the first thing about… Continue reading
QUILCENE -- A local woman remained hospitalized Saturday in Seattle after sustaining injuries in a school bus-related crash Friday. Blanche L. Wallace, 75, was listed… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Almost two years after it was seized in the Strait of Juan de Fuca with 5,538 pounds of cocaine aboard, the fishing… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- New construction last year means the downward reassessment of Daishowa America Co. Ltd.'s paper mill won't increase the county portion of people's… Continue reading
The anti-Iraq war message hit the streets of Clallam County this week, with signs posted on the sides of Clallam Transit System buses. "The plan… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Four representatives from Point Hudson-based Brion Toss Yacht Riggers will travel to Olympia next week to reinforce the state Capitol rotunda's five-ton… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- The method of assessing property value that caused Daishowa America Co. Ltd. to file a lawsuit against the county is widely used… Continue reading
The North Olympic Peninsula's congressional delegation might have succeeded in stopping a $3 fee on international passenger ferries recently proposed by the U.S. Immigration and… Continue reading
